WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO OCTOBER 1918
Find out what all happened March to October 1918

World War I: The Second Battle of the Somme begins. (21. August 1918)

World War I, Battle of St. Quentin Canal: The Hindenburg Line is broken by Allied forces. Bulgaria signs an armistice. (29. September 1918)

The Sedition Act of 1918 is passed by the U.S. Congress, making criticism of the government during wartime an imprisonable offense. It will be repealed less than two years later. (16. May 1918)

Great Train Wreck of 1918: in Nashville, Tennessee, an inbound local train collides with an outbound express killing 101 and injuring 171 people, making it the deadliest rail accident in United States history. (9. July 1918)

Decree "On Red Terror" is published in Russia. (5. September 1918)

The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the First Republic of Armenia declare their independence. (28. May 1918)

Women enlist in the United States Marine Corps for the first time. Opha Mae Johnson is the first woman to enlist. (13. August 1918)

The Belarusian People's Republic is established. (25. March 1918)

Bolsheviks killed Tsar Nicholas II of Russia and his family (Julian calendar date). (4. July 1918)

Bessarabia joins the Kingdom of Romania. (27. March 1918)

Japan announces that it is deploying troops to Siberia in the aftermath of World War I. (2. August 1918)

The Hammond Circus Train Wreck kills 86 and injures 127 near Hammond, Indiana. (22. June 1918)

A new Polish government in Western Galicia is established. (28. October 1918)

World War I: the Battle of Amiens begins a string of almost continuous victories with a push through the German front lines (Hundred Days Offensive). (8. August 1918)

World War I: Germans repel the British's second attempt to blockade the port of Ostend, Belgium. (9. May 1918)

The USS Cyclops departs from Barbados and is never seen again, presumably lost with all hands in the Bermuda Triangle. (4. March 1918)

World War I: the Second Battle of the Marne begins near the River Marne with a German attack. (15. July 1918)

The National Council of Bessarabia proclaims union with the Kingdom of Romania. (9. April 1918)

World War I: The Meuse-Argonne Offensive, the bloodiest single battle in American history, begins. (26. September 1918)

Moscow becomes the capital of Russia again after Saint Petersburg held this status for 215 years. (12. March 1918)

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